Shouldnt the url be jdbc:postgresql://<ipAddress>/<port>/xxx;
Dave Kristina Magwood wrote:
> > Hi, > > I am trying to connect to two psql databases at once using jdbc. > The first database is v7.3 running on Windows under Cygwin, the second > is v8.01 on Windows both on the local LAN. > The pg_hba.conf files on both machines allow any machine on the LAN to > access the database. > People regularly access the v7.3 database from Crystal Reports, so I > know it's available. > > When I try to run the jar from the first machine, I am able to connect > to the local database, but not the remote database. > The same thing happens when I try from the second machine. > > The error is: > Backend start-up failed: FATAL: database "xxx" does not exist. > Where xxx is the name of the database on the remote server. > In other words, my program is only looking for databases on the local > machine. > > The code I use to connect is: > > DriverManager.registerDriver(new org.postgresql.Driver()); > String serviceArg = jdbc:postgresql:xxx//<ipAddress>/<port>; > m_conn = DriverManager.getConnection(serviceArg, m_userName, > m_userPassword); > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Kristina Magwood
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